Faculty

Richard A. Zager, M.D.

Professor

Research Interest: Dr. Zager's research is centered on defining mechanisms and adaptive responses of acute ischemic and toxic renal injury. In particular, he studies how injured cells acquire resistance to subsequent forms of attack (so call "ischemic preconditioning" or "acquired cytoresistance"). By defining these protective mechanisms, new prophylactic and therapeutic strategies for organ protection are probed. Cell culture, rodent experiments and translational human studies are used to probe these issues.